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Borders® is Exclusive Book Retailer for Nation’s First National Teacher Registry
Press Release - Mar 18, 2010ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 18, 2010 – MarCole Interactive Systems, a leading supplier of gift registry solutions for retailers, and Borders® today announced an agreement where Borders will be the exclusive book retailer for MarCole’s newly launched National Teacher Registry (www.NationalTeacherRegistry.com), a free service that enables teachers to create a More
Borders® Has Exclusive ‘New Moon’ DVD; Stores Nationwide to Host DVD Release Parties March 19
Press Release - Mar 09, 2010ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 9, 2010 —Twilight fans can sink their teeth into a veritable smorgasbord of “Twilight Saga” offerings from Borders® this spring. From a collector’s edition of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” DVD with more than 90 minutes of never-before-seen content, including exclusive extended scenes, to midnight DVD More
Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers Program Celebrates 20 Years And Presents The 2009 Discover Awards
Press Release - Mar 03, 2010Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers Program Celebrates 20 Years And Presents The 2009 Discover Awards NEW YORK, NY - March 3, 2010 - Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced this afternoon that playwright Victor Lodato’s haunting debut novel, Mathilda Savitch (Farrar, More
Borders® Community-Based Spring Book Drive to Provide Hundreds of Thousands of Books to Needy Kids Nationwide
Press Release - Mar 03, 2010ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 3, 2010 — Having recently delivered to needy children across the nation more than 900,000 new books collected during its winter book drive, Borders has launched its company wide, community-based spring book drive that will last through April 6. Staff at more than 700 Borders® More
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NY Times Expands Bestseller Lists
Posted 2 years agoFrom Crains New York Business, via Shelf Awareness, comes a big story that did not get a mention anywhere else that I could find: The New York Times Book Review ... [Link]
Can’t Trust Anyone Over Twenty
Posted 2 years agoThe Guardian reports on a poll of 16-to-34-year-olds that found that Roald Dahl is the favorite children’s author among young adults. JK Rowling, the author of the immensely popular Harry ... [Link]
The Great Purge
Posted 3 years agoThere was a chilling article in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago. It seems that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has instructed its chaplains to clear prison ... [Link]
Paper Trail
Posted 3 years agoIn a case of art imitating life, a Polish court sentenced a writer to twenty-five years in prison for the gruesome murder and mutilation of the lover of his estranged ... [Link]
The Big Get Bigger
Posted 3 years agoAuthor Solutions, Inc. announced the acquisition of iUniverse, the Print-On-Demand publisher. iUniverse joins AuthorHouse as a member of the Author Solutions family of brands, forming the world’s largest author and ... [Link]
Libraries in the UK
Posted 3 years agoAt the mercy of municipal and state governments all too quick to cut their services to save a buck (and avoid raising taxes for homeowners), America’s public libraries lead a ... [Link]
Racial Divide
Posted 3 years agoThe racial aspects of the reading divide was only touched upon in passing, if at all, by those commenting on the AP-Ipsos poll of American reading habits. The poll found, ... [Link]
Can You Hear Me Now?
Posted 3 years agoLost in all the fallout from the release of the AP-Ipsos poll of American reading habits, was a YouGov poll in the UK that found that a plurality of Brits ... [Link]
On the Road Again
Posted 3 years agoAlan Feuer has found his muse. For the seventh time, Feuer, a reporter for the New York Times, has written an article on Laura Albert, the woman who achieved some ... [Link]
Harbingers of Upheaval
Posted 3 years agoOn more than one occasion, I’ve noted the growing popularity of vampires. A week and a half ago, I devoted a post to this trend. The question is not whether ... [Link]
Bestseller Ideas
In this week’s interview, Dean Rotbart and Michael Drew discuss the likelihood of a book idea becoming a publishing success. In their discussion, they reveal how to identify whether More
The Lessons of Harry Potter: A Beneath the Cover Podcast
Michael R. Drew discusses what all authors - even those writing non-fiction - can learn from the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter Series. More
